Selective Service Act of 1940

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Selective_Service_Act_of_1940
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:affects gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Burke–Wadsworth_Act
gptkbp:amendedBy Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 amendments
gptkbp:dateEnacted September 16, 1940
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Selective Service Act of 1940
gptkbp:locationEnacted gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:precededBy no prior peacetime conscription law in the U.S.
gptkbp:publicLawNumber gptkb:Public_Law_76-783
gptkbp:purpose establish peacetime conscription in the United States
gptkbp:repealedBy March 31, 1947
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Selective_Service_Act_of_1948
gptkbp:requires registration of men aged 21 to 35
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:James_W._Wadsworth_Jr.
gptkb:Edward_R._Burke
gptkbp:statutesAtLargeCitation gptkb:54_Stat._885
gptkbp:subject United States military history
military conscription
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Selective_Service_Act_of_1917
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7